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Air pollution increases asthma in Canada

...he young adults, which may be related to childhood exposures to environmental hazards. Young Canadian adults have increased rates of thyroid cancer, which is due to exposure to medical X-rays; melanoma due to sun exposure early in childhood; testicular cancer and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma which could be attribu...

NIH To Launch Two Major Gene and Disease Projects Soon

...od and other biochemical changes following certain exposures is also under consideration by the NIH....

Dirtiest City: New York Wins Hands Down

...en't been smokers, so the effects of environmental exposures are becoming more apparent." New Yorkers' face a pronounced risk of developing cancer from air toxins and the risk is estimated to be 68 residents per million, with the national average being 41.5 per million. Manhattan residents breathe the worst ...

The Multi-Faceted Chemical Benzene

...a (AML) have been documented to occur with chronic exposures to as low as 10 ppm benzene. Other neoplasms have been documented in animal models. It has been shown to cross the placenta in humans and is fetotoxic in animals. Recently Benzene was in the news for all the wrong reasons. When tested many brands o...

Asthma Risk Pronounced In Children Living Close to Traffic Ridden Roads

...s on regional air pollutants rather than localized exposures within communities, such as living near a busy road that may also be a problem. “We’ve taken some tentative steps to address that, for example with a law that a new school can’t be built within 500 feet of a freeway. But we have to also consider whet...

WHO Outlines the Link between Environmental Hazards and Disease

Environmental exposures are the sole cause of nearly 24% of all diseases in adults and 33% of diseases in children. World Health Organization (WHO) said // that all this can be prevented by living in a healthy environment. These diseases are extensively seen in developing c...

Exposure to Pesticides May Raise the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease in Me

...e researchers looked only at men with occupational exposures such as farmers, they did not find a link to Parkinson's disease. But when they included men exposed to pesticides via hobbies such as gardening, the link became apparent. (Source: IANS News)...

Brain Cancer Could be Safely Treated with Radioactive Scorpion Venom

...of radiation in the patient's body. Such radiation exposures to family members, Jackson found, are low and comparable to those from a family member receiving standard thyroid cancer therapy. Jackson is encouraged by the safety of this procedure and its potential to help patients with brain gliomas. A recent ...

Long Term Exposure to Lab Animals Increases Immunity against Asthma

...search Centre in Denver, the US, said that extreme exposures is important in the development of immune responses to laboratory animals than average exposures. However more research is still needed to completely understand about allergen exposure and how it results in asthma....

Ultraviolet B (UVB) Radiation Reduces Risk of 16 Types of Cancer in U.S.

...ng the amount of time spent in the sun. Protracted exposures to the sun are counterproductive after the 20-30 minutes at most when vitamin D synthesis for the day is complete. People of all ages should wear a hat whenever spending more than a few minutes in the sun, and should spend the time walking or otherwi...

"DES Daughters" Have High Risk Of Breast Cancer

...said. "This study suggests that such environmental exposures may deserve more serious consideration." Contact: Warren Froelich froelich@aacr.org 215-440-9300 American Association for Cancer Research Source: Eurekalert...

Warrior Gene Claims Slammed by Maori

...d, ‘There is lots of lifestyle, upbringing-related exposures that could be relevant here, so obviously the gene won't automatically make you a criminal.’ According to Lea the same gene was also linked to high rates of alcoholism and smoking among Maori. He said,"In terms of alcohol-metabolising genes, we'...

Committee Set Up to Review Safety of CT Scans

...007." She also said that "DoH regulates medical exposures to ionizing radiation, such as x-rays or CT scans, to ensure that the long-term benefits to the individual outweigh possible risks associated with radiation." The medical fraternity is divided about the issue with some doctors saying it saves live...

Bisphenol A (BPA) linked with breast cancer

... metabolites in humans are much, much smaller than exposures used in this study, says Widlanski. "Unfortunately, we simply can't mimic long-term exposure to bisphenol A," he said, since it's unethical to give human test volunteers any chemical with an unproven safety record, especially over the long term. ...

"Beach to Bedside" Study Focuses on Effects of Inhaled Toxins

...rstanding about one of the most far-reaching human exposures to a natural toxin. Florida red tide toxins affect the pulmonary, nervous, immune and genetic systems in animal models and may similarly affect humans. The study, beginning its sixth year, has presented its findings to the Society of Toxicology, to...

Environmental Toxin Causes Heritable Adult-Onset Diseases

...toxins on human and animal health, particularly in exposures during early- to mid-pregnancy (6 weeks to 5 months in humans). Further work will be needed to determine whether lower levels have similar effects. Pregnant rats that were exposed to vinclozolin produced male offspring with low sperm counts and a ...

Smoke-Filled Cars: New Fodder for the Next Clean Air Fight

...s kids, it’s your spouse or your best friend – the exposures are there at hazardous levels, and they are dangerous” Source-Newswise SRM...

Asthma Symptoms Linked to Soot from Diesel Trucks in So. Bronx

...tivity patterns, as well as personal air pollution exposures were collected at the same time. According to th...sed to. “We went in and actually measured personal exposures to traffic pollution, which had not been done before. Our results confirm that diesel soot particles...

Jet Lag May Cause Health Problems: Study

... know if there is cumulative damage, whether those exposures create problems later on in life.' The study was published in the Nov. 7 issue of the journal Current Biology. Gene Block and coworker Alec Davidson said they stumbled onto the findings accidentally. In a different study, genetically engineered mic...

Fire Fighters Prone To Cancer Risk

...nt to help fire fighters avoid inhalation and skin exposures to known and suspected occupational carcinogens,' said one of the researchers. 'In addition, fire fighters should meticulously wash their entire body to remove soot and other residues from fires to avoid skin exposure,' he added. The findings of ...

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